Mr Sabin has been appointed chief executive of Peppers Carrington Estate, a five-star, 1000ha resort on the Karikari Peninsula.
The former MP for Northland will be in charge of plans to redevelop the property into the largest five-star resort in the country.
Chinese real estate giant Shanghai CRED purchased the business from US businessman Paul Kelly for $28.7 million in 2013, and planned to market it to wealthy Chinese tourists.
Mr Sabin resigned as Northland's MP in early February following reports he was being investigated by police.
Mr Sabin's resignation forced a byelection, which National lost to New Zealand First's Winston Peters.
Before he entered Parliament in 2011, Mr Sabin was a policeman and founded an anti-methamphetamine company called MethCon.
- By Isaac Davison of the New Zealand Herald
